Improvement in railway-rail chairs



a. 0. Ross.

Railway-Rail Chair.

Patented June15, 1875.

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Attorney q,

THC GRAPHIC CO.PHOTO-LITH.39&41 PARK PLACLNY.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE O. ROSS, OF MARION, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-RAIL CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,596, dated J une15, 1875; application filed May 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE 0. Ross, of Marion, in the county of Marion,and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway-Rail Chairs 5 and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a railroadchair, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is aperspective view, showing-my railroad-chair in position.Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a view ofone end of the rail.

A A represent the adjoining ends of two railroad-rails. Each rail is atthe end provided with a horizontal slot, a, through the web of the rail,and a suitable distance inward from the same is an elongated bolt-hole,b. The chair by which the two rails are united is composed of abase-plate, B, from one side of which extends a flange, O, to fit overthe base of the rails on the outer side, against the hub and against thehead, as shown fully in Fig. 2. This flange (3, with the base-plate B,is formed in one piece. On the inner side of the rails is placed a looseflange, D, fitting over the base and against the web, and against theunder side of the head; but it does not project beyond the side thereof.at d are bolts passed through the flanges D O and elongated bolt-holes bb in the rails, and fastened by nuts on their outer ends. A key, E, isalso passed through said flanges, and through. the slots a win the endsof the rails. a In the outer end of the key E is a mortise for thepassage of a spike, G, which also passes through the foot of the flangeU and the base-plate B, to be driven into the tie underneath. In bothsides of the chair are suitable hole 00 m, for the passage of spikes tofasten the chair to the tie.

This chair is simple in construction, durable, and will not allow eitherrail to get out of place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The railroad-chair herein described, consisting of the base-plate B,with stationary flange 0, formed in one piece, and loose flange D, allconstructed as described, in combination with the rails A A, havingslots at and elongated bolt-holes b, the independent and removable keyE, and spike G, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I llfiNB hereunto set my handthis 27th day of April, 1875. V

GEORGE O. ROSS.

Witnesses:

J. BARTRAM, S. H. BARTRAM.

